LIKUN CAO Department of Sociology School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, P.R. China +86 18810650279 | e: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Tsinghua University Beijing , China Masters in Sociology September 2016– Present GPA: 3.6/4.00 (Rank: 2/14) • Relevant Coursework: Big Data Analytics, Social Network Theory, Social Statistics

Tsinghua University Beijing , China Bachelors in Sociology August 2013– July 2016 • GPA: 3.65/4.00 (Rank: 1/17) • Relevant Coursework: Probability & Statistics, Linear Algebra, Social Statistics, Social Network Analysis, Sociological Research Methods, Economic Sociology, Organizational Sociology

Tsinghua University Beijing , China Bachelor in Law (transfer) August 2011 – July 2013 • GPA: 3.68/4.00 (Rank: 7/62) • Relevant Coursework: Jurisprudence, History of Western Philosophy, Commercial Law, Administrative Law o Admitted on basis of performance on national college admissions exam (Top 1%)

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

1. Cao, L. (2018) “Homophily or Complementary? Choice of Co-investment Partners of Chinese Venture Capital Firms”, Paper of the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Chinese Sociology Association (ICSA), Princeton, 10 August 2018. (Journal of Management Studies, under review) 2. Zheng, L., Cao, L., & Ren, J. (2018). Venture capital background and high-tech firms’ long-term success: evidence from a survival analysis, Journal of Hohai University, forthcoming. (in Chinese) 3. Luo, J., Cao, L., & Guo, R. (2018). The embeddedness of syndication in chinese venture capital, Jiangsu Social Sciences, 229(4), 85-96. (in Chinese) 4. Zheng, L., He, X., Cao, L., & Xu, H. (2018). Making modernity in china: employment and entrepreneurship among the new generation of peasant workers. International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 27(1), 26-40.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Tsinghua University (Department of Sociology) Beijing, China Research Assistant to Professor Jarder Luo, Director of Center for Social Network Research September 2015– Present Dynamics of Chinese Venture Capital Syndication Network Responsibilities: Data cleaning and processing, paper writing, reviewing literature, particularly constructing the theoretical framework for one paper and independently completing the data processing for the other one

Tsinghua University (Department of Sociology) Beijing, China Research Assistant to Professor Lu Zheng and Xiaobin He, Tsinghua University September 2017– Present Entrepreneurship of the New Generation of “Peasant Workers” Responsibilities: Data cleaning and processing, report and literature review writing, discovering the different modes of two different kinds of “peasant worker” entrepreneurs and completing all data work

Ohio State University (Department of Sociology) Columbus, Ohio Research Assistant to Professor Hui Zheng, the Ohio State University August 2018-October 2018 Inequity Among U.S. Population and Quantitative Methods Responsibilities: Reviewing literature, data cleaning and processing, quantitatively analyzing the driving force of health inequity among U.S. population using demographic methods

Georg-August-University of Göttingen (Sino-German Institute of Social Computing) Göttingen, Germany Research Assistant to Professor Xiaoming Fu May 2018-June 2018 Multi-network Analysis of Chinese Venture Capital Syndication and Interlocking Directorates of Listed Companies Responsibilities: Theoretical framework development, data cleaning and processing, constructing the analysis framework of the interaction of VC syndication network and interlocking directorates network, building the SIENA models of multi- network interaction

Tsinghua University (Department of Sociology) Beijing, China Research Assistant to Professor Lu Zheng, Tsinghua University September 2015 – June 2016 Research Sponsored by Chinese Community Development and Community Governance (Organized by Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China) Responsibilities: Data cleaning and processing, paper writing, independently analyzing the impact of NGOs legitimacy on its popularity and efficiency, completing part of the research report submitted to The Ministry of Civil Affairs

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

• National Scholarship for Graduate Students (Top 1%) 2018 • Tsinghua Comprehensive Excellence Scholarship (Top 1%) 2016 • Tsinghua Academic Excellence Scholarship (Top 5%) 2016 • Tung OOCL Scholarship for Excellent Academic Performance (Top 5%) 2015 • Zhang Mingwei Scholarship for Excellent Academic Performance (Top 5%) 2014

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Social Science Academic Press Beijing, China Translator and proofreader for Social Network Analysis: Methods and Examples (Sage) January 2018 – Present • Completed translation and proofreading of first draft

Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University Beijing, China Teaching Assistant March 2017 – Present • Supported professor and students • Maintained learning website and reading materials

Sun Yat-sen University (School of Sociology and Anthropology) Guangzhou, China Attendee of Workshop on Artificial and Computational Social Sciences July 2017 • Learned about basic methods used in computational social sciences • Participated in discussions and practices

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Research Interests • Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Science, Computational Social Science, Social Network Analysis Computer and Language Skill • Statistic software and coding: R, Python, Stata, SPSS • Proficiency in written and spoken English (111 in TOEFL test; 162+170+4 in GRE test)